Widow of US soldier killed in Iran says her husband just wanted to come home

Pentagon ignores widow after dropping husband’s name from soldier casualty list

A bereaved new widow could not gather the will to respond to news that the Pentagon had still not replaced the names of her husband and three other soldiers to the public casualty count of soldiers killed during President Donald Trump’s Iran war last weekend.The Pentagon’s official online list of service member casualties did not include the four soldiers despite the fact that their names were included in a Pentagon press release on the formal t…

Widow of soldier killed in Iran strike contradicts Trump's claim her husband backed his war

The widow of a U.S. Army sergeant killed in a recent Iranian strike is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s claim that the fallen troops supported his war, saying her husband had one overwhelming wish: to come home to his family. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, was killed on July 19 at Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone, according to the Defense Department. He left behind his wife, Jami…

War widow says Trump's tactics tormented her husband: 'Wanted to come home so bad'

A wife of one of the 18 military personnel killed in the Iran war has described her husband's dismay at how the conflict was unfolding.Speaking with the New York Times, Jamiah Swinton described the changes her husband seemed to be undergoing since he was deployed over a year ago.The final conversations between Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton and his wife showed the soldier was deteriorating under the weight of relentless conflict. In his last call…

Widow of US soldier killed in Iran says her husband just wanted to come home

The widow of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton would not be drawn on Trump’s comments, and instead painted a picture of a devoted husband and father who just wanted to be reunited with his family

Pentagon Confirms Another North Carolina Soldier Killed in Growing US-Iran War

The Pentagon has identified another North Carolina soldier killed in the growing U.S.-Iran war, as 30-year-old Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville died while attempting to disarm an Iranian drone in Iraq. The Pentagon said Swinton was killed Sunday during a controlled detonation at an air base in Irbil, in northern Iraq. Swinton was a husband and father of two children. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2017 and served with the 55th Air …